Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1887-07-07
HOME AND FARM.


Soap suds is a splendid fertilize,
for Towering plants.
The best material for fattening
fowls is sweet potatoes and corn meal.
"A good dressing of manure. an
exchange says, is what most land in
tested with sorrel needs.
Vinegar in the rinsing water Of
pink or green calicoes brightens, and
soda answers the same purpose for
blue or purple.
Keeping food before the fowls con-
tinually removes all induccment fo1
them to scratch. They should be SC
fed as TO be compelled TO work
To educate is to fix moral prin-
ciples, and the work of farmer SO
conducted as to secure to him a neat
and comfortable home is Chrlstianiz-
ing. -Soutlern Planter.
i have saved many bad eases OF
bloat in cattle by grasping the tongue
with the hand and pulling 1t forward,
thus allowing the gas from the stom-
ach to escape.-Crest0n Gazette.
Boards of various sizes should be
kept in convenient places, one for
bread, one for meat another for cut
ting and two or three smaller ones on
which to stand pots and kettles
Chambers Journal says joint of
meat may be kept many days by wrap
ping it loosely in fine cloth wrun9
out of vinegar and hanging in q draft
of air. Ii the weather is very warm
the cloth should be moistened twice or
even thrice day.
1t is a common practice in France
to coat the beams, the ioists and the
under side of the flooring of buildings
with thick coating of lime-wash as
a safeguard against fire. 1t is a pre-
ventive of prime ignition. although it
will not check a fire when once under
headway.-Pub.tc Opinion.
An excellent egg producing food
is one part corn meal, two parts bran,
two parts ground oats. one part
ground meat and one part middlings.
to which may be added a small pro-
portion of bone meal and salt; scald
it and feed early in the morning.
Stuffed Eggs: Hard-boiEed eggs
are peeled and cut in h,ives- Then
remove the yelk. fill each end and join
again, part of which is mixed with
rich force meat Now roll them in raw
beaten egg and cracker dust and fry
light brown. Serve with rich gravy
poured over. Chicago Herald.
The oat is splendid food for
young animals because, compared with
corn, straw, etc, it is rich in muscle
and bone-forming elements; and this
also makes it a splendid food for work
animals, during the summer months
especially. as it is heating food. 1t
viii pay to make the grain ration of
oats in the morning and at noon.--.St.
LoalLS Republican.
Marble Cake-light part: Two
cups of white sugar, one cup of butter,
a half-cup of sweet milk, whites of four
eggs, two and one-haf teaspoons of
baking powder, two cups of flour.
Dark part-One cup of brown sugar,
half cup of molasses, one cup of but
ter, one-fourth of a cup of sour milk,
half a teaspoon Of soda, yelhs of four
eggs. flour to thicken and favor.
change.
in case of poisoning the simple
rule is TO get the poison out of the
stomach as soon as possible. Mustard
and salt act promptly as emetics. and
they are always at hand. Stir q table
spoonful in a glass of water, and let
the person swallow it quickly. If it
does not cause vomiting in five min
utes, repeat the dose. After vomiting
give the whites of two or three eggs
and send for the doctor. Boston
Budget.
Ginger Snaps-One cup sugar, one
cup butter, one tablespoon ginger, one
teaspoon soda dissolved in a little
water and as much flour as can be
stirred in. Pinch off pieces as large as
a good-sized marble. roll in the hands,
flatten slightly and place in she tin,
leaving room for them to spread. Bake
in a moderate oven and watch closely,
as they burn easily. Leave in the tin
until cool enough to snap.-Iadidnap-
Oils Journal.